Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first was a good attempt but yeah you missed misled or confused then there could be several others I felt you could 've picked up that would be highlighting the second appointment that carried the whole process through |
| 2 | Should n't 've come down this way . |
| 3 | ‘ I hear you 've gotten so good at it , your parents want you to photograph the christening … ’ |
| 4 | I 'm sure the system would have been implemented in the quarry , and they would 've suffered even worse than us . |
| 5 | Well he got up that railway track , I mean , bloody hell , they might 've thought well that 's one way he 's gon na go . |
| 6 | But do n't forget this this is a very important time with the all the increase coming in they 've got a helluva lot to take on , not just learning the company but they got the new routes and everything and it 's going to leave I would 've thought very short in an exceptionally busy period |
| 7 | The thing I noticed was that they 're all close questions , you like the area , now Martin was very fair to you because you , he was very me most you could 've got very much did you move because of your , yes . |
| 8 | This is when I was pregnant went to put my name down on the housing list and they said to me sorry you ca n't we 've got too many people on there already . |
| 9 | I mean they could have rung yesterday that 's the trouble you see they 've got so many friends Good girl you fairly worked that bleeding money . |
| 10 | Peter Alliss might have given up competitive golf in the early 1970s but he still a formidable force out on the course . |
| 11 | A director other than Browne might have given more theatrical conviction to the Furies , as other more recent productions have done , and a more enthusiastic public response might then have persuaded Eliot to continue with his exploration of symbolist drama . |
| 12 | If there was the choice , I would have given almost all the persons a figure of zero , since to my mind ( +3 ) + ( -3 ) = 0 ! ’ |
| 13 | And , even then , he could not have foreseen how ferocious this would be , particularly over his style of Premiership , a matter over which he was already vulnerable . |
| 14 | When the hobby of metal detecting first came to Britain in 1970 , few people could have foreseen how popular and successful it was to become . |
| 15 | Beethoven , among others , could not comprehend how Mozart could have stooped so low as to set to music such an apparently frivolous text , dealing with the fickleness of women ; and the prudish moral climate of the later 19th century made sure that Così was conveniently ignored as a little aberration . |
| 16 | Any intelligent newspaper reader will have gathered this much . |
| 17 | You may have heard too much of Moby 's ‘ Go ’ by now , but there can be few complaints otherwise : Meat Beat Manifesto , DJ Carl Cox , Nightmares On Wax , Orbital etc , provide a mixture of the subtle and the hardcore in aid of peace . |
| 18 | You may have heard very positive things about a local employer . |
| 19 | Father would have arranged that likely . |
| 20 | So you make er you know we 've my I would have explained as much as I can on the phone exactly how we operate . |
| 21 | She could not have guessed how much she would enjoy herself with a stranger , how completely this woman was in sympathy with her , could not have hoped for a new friend to come out , at this stage in her life , and give her so much pleasure . |
| 22 | Auntie Lou said she could sew a piece of material on the bottom to lengthen the skirt but there was nothing she could do about the top and Carrie cried a little , privately , not because the dress was no use but because her mother should have guessed how much she had grown . |
| 23 | ‘ You must have guessed how precarious their balance sheet was ? ’ |
| 24 | I might have provoked even worse charges . |
| 25 | In the two cases of reobstruction , the pattern mimicked the previous stricture , suggesting that the radial force exerted by the mesh on the wall may have led to deeper embedding of the mesh where the stricture was tight or may have provoked more important hyperplasia , or both . |
| 26 | The marriage must have broken up some time in 1980 . |
| 27 | They all , without exception , point to the harsh circumstances of the Hauxwells , which would have crushed less resilient souls . |
| 28 | high-profile job and the leadership of a professional association , which might have proven too much for a lesser , or older , man . |
| 29 | By then , tens of thousands more workers will have got the Sack and Sterling will have plunged even lower in value . |
| 30 | An experienced photographer should have pointed out these things but it is sensible to acquaint yourself with some basic knowledge . |